Moon Light World Map

The map below shows where the Moon is visible from the Earth, depending on weather conditions and moon phases.
The white dot symbolizes the position of the Moon, and the yellow sun symbolizes the position of the sun.

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Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 19:40:00 UTC.
• The Sun's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Sun will be at its zenith (directly overhead) in relation to an observer.
• The Moon's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Moon will be at its zenith in relation to an observer. Note that the symbol is not showing the current phase of the Moon.

Moon phase

Fraction of moon illuminated: 81%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 3:19 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Monday, October 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 19:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 18'	North
Longitude:	112° 50'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.23 meters/second, 1516.4 km/hour, 942.3 miles/hour or 818.8 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude difference			Latitude difference			Total
later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 14' 31.1"	15.71 mi	west	0° 00' 02.9"	0.06 mi	north	15.71 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 04.4"	942.02 mi	west	0° 02' 51.1"	3.27 mi	north	941.88 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 45.8"	754.68 mi	east	0° 42' 06.0"	48.28 mi	north	754.50 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Macau	Fri 3:40 AM	223 km	139 miles	121 nm	NNE
Haikou	Fri 3:40 AM	262 km	163 miles	141 nm	W
Hong Kong	Fri 3:40 AM	263 km	164 miles	142 nm	NNE
Kowloon	Fri 3:40 AM	270 km	167 miles	146 nm	NNE
Shenzhen	Fri 3:40 AM	298 km	185 miles	161 nm	NNE
Foshan	Fri 3:40 AM	304 km	189 miles	164 nm	N
Guangzhou	Fri 3:40 AM	317 km	197 miles	171 nm	N
Shantou	Fri 3:40 AM	523 km	325 miles	282 nm	NE
Nanning	Fri 3:40 AM	545 km	339 miles	294 nm	WNW
Guilin	Fri 3:40 AM	610 km	379 miles	330 nm	NNW